EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 101, 22 January 1908, Page 4

EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC.

. — oPRESENTATION OF MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES. Mndamo Clara Butt will bo accompanied by her husband, Mr. Kennerloy Rum ford, at Friday evening's function in the Concert Hall, when the medals and certificates awarded by tho Associated Board of the R.A.M. and It.C.M. will be presented to the winners. Jt has been incorrectly stated that Madame Clara Butt was a teacher at the Koyal College of Music. It was while she was still a. student- at this institution that sho first became famous as a singer. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, Sir Rohcrt and Lady Stout, Hon. T. W. and Mrs. Hislop, Archbishop Redwood, Bishop Wallis, Mr. Robert Parker, and Mr. William Gill have been iiivjtw! to occupy the platform on Friday "veiling, rind general invitations have bwi w;at to .ill candidates and their friends, , nil ••miuibcrr. o! I hi: musical profession, and )!iv. 'il tlio i/juferonco o[ Musicians and tV N' iv Zealand Uiiivcm'ty Senate, now -sll. i. imi Wellington, \iluimion will be'by tie;.-! only, and. it is hoped that a few of ;!> ■ v. ill ac available for the general public i.v. r on. If so, the fact will be announced in our advertisement columns.

We are now at the critical hour of our national economy; wo must achieve financial independence or sign -a contract of servitude for another century.—"Mattino," Naples. Tho most optimistic student pf naval affairs, if lie does not shut, his eyes to all the facts, and if he is willing to speak candidly, cannot help admitting that, whatever may be the cause, . tho Navy, at this moment is divided into two hostilo camps, and that this division is in danger of causing serious injury to tho efficiency or tho Servico. We 4a not wish to make too much of the "signal incident" in which Lord Charles Boresford and Sir Percy Scott were, concerned. . . . The matter cannot be passed over ia silence.—"Spectator."